home sweet home...in paris

it seems that we took about 500 photos in paris alone...hmm. so here is the first of a few installments of my home sweet home.

taking home our pain quotidien from around the corner

stumbled upon le marche de la bastille

doing what i do best...

...and doing what she does best

lunch at rose bakery

getting ideas for the river tour

so we boarded at dusk

first glimpses of the beauty

still to come...our day at the eiffel tower

shopping. eating. drinking.

here are a few snapshots of what we do best...in san gimignano.

mateo, the jeweler who crafted my bracelet (and earrings, and mama's ring)

the artist who painted mama's picture of tuscany

a homemade meal of wild boar ragu

fonterutoli winery in chianti

wine tasting

the following photos chronicle what happens when we drink...

aww, mama so happy and posed

aww, what a nice pose

the drinking begins...

...the drinking ends

then mama gets REALLY happy

and then i need help getting up

and then i start doing naughty things with statues...

up next...paris!

san gimignano

the following photos are a peek of our time spent in the tuscan countryside, in san gimignano...

the building where we stayed

our wheels

san gimignano in the hills

our first dinner

the plaza where we enjoyed many a cafe latte

the farmhouse for our leisure days

to be continued...

the installments begin

you read the stories, now here are some photos of our trip for your visual interest. considering we took near 900 photos, i will be posting selected ones in installments. so there might be more than one post in a given day. enjoy!

florence.

view from our room

at Grom for gelato

mr. cheesehead distracting me...

...so he could lay his lips on mama

after my haircut

mama's request for pizza on her birthday

buzzed

final breakfast in bed in florence

still to come...san gimignano!